A Pocket Full of Rye: A Miss Marple Mystery

Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sippingtea in his “counting house” when he sufferedan agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection,the pockets of the deceased were found to containtraces of cereals.

Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmedMiss Marple’s suspicion that here she waslooking at a case of crime by

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Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sippingtea in his “counting house” when he sufferedan agonizing and sudden death. On later inspection,the pockets of the deceased were found to containtraces of cereals.

Yet, it was the incident in the parlor which confirmedMiss Marple’s suspicion that here she waslooking at a case of crime by rhyme. . . .